A woman is suing a Granite City QuikTrip after allegedly slipping and injuring herself in the parking lot. Plaintiff Theresa Branch filed the lawsuit in the Madison County Circuit Court against QuikTrip Corporation and Realty Income Properties Two, LLC, alleging negligence. According to the lawsuit, on April 14, 2018, Branch was a patron at a QuikTrip location in Granite City….
A motorist claims she was injured when an unattended vehicle was stolen from an East St. Louis store, and the driver caused a crash by running a stop sign. filed a negligence lawsuit after she got into a collision with an unknown driver who stole a vehicle from a parking lot. Plaintiff Paris Starks filed a lawsuit in the St….
A drywall worker is suing a Mascoutah property owner, claiming he was injured on the job. In the lawsuit, plaintiff Daniel Guffey claims he was hired by Alice Vance to install drywall on West Main St in Mascoutah. Guffey claims a previous worker had left sand in a poorly lit staircase inside the house. “The improperly removed sand created a…
Injured workers with low back pain whose injuries are covered by workers compensation insurers and employers reported the lowest improvements in function following physical therapy than patients covered by all other payment systems, according to study released Tuesday by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. The data used in the study was collected at admission and discharge from low back pain…
A bill that would limit awards for subsequent workplace injuries to the “same part of the spine” was introduced in the Illinois General Assembly on Tuesday. H.B. 2345 would amend the Workers’ Compensation Act, stating that “for purposes of computing compensation for an employee who had a prior compensated injury to the spine, the prior compensation shall be deducted from…
A suburban Chicago man whose legs were amputated in 2017 after a car lurched forward into a parking space, pinning him against the front of a 7-Eleven store, reached a $91 million settlement on Monday with the convenience store chain. A Cook County judge approved the settlement on the day the man’s lawsuit had been set for a jury trial,…
An Illinois grain cooperatives’ failure to make sure they followed required safety procedures contributed to how a 27-year-old worker suffered a partial amputation of his right leg when a paddle conveyor was left running when he and two other employees entered a soybean bin for cleaning. Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration responded to…
Residents living near a Phillips 66 refinery in Roxana claim that they were exposed to toxic chemicals as a result of the company’s negligence. Plaintiffs Brittney Butler, David Williams and Tim Thomas filed a lawsuit in the Madison County Circuit Court against Philipps 66 Company, Veolia Energy North America Holdings, Inc., The Lemm Corporation Operations and Norfolk Southern Railway Company,…
A railway employee responsible for refueling locomotives claims he was injured when his truck was struck by a train. Plaintiff Virgil Mathias filed a lawsuit in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against The Alton & Southern Railway Company and The Union Pacific Railroad Company, citing negligence and carelessness. According to the lawsuit, Mathias was an employee of the defendants,…
Illinois lawmakers are considering an emergency temporary regulation that would limit how cumulative trauma workers compensation claims would affect insurance rates and includes language that holds previous employers liable. Introduced Friday, S.B. 1305 states that “(a)ny accidental injury, which results from repetitive or cumulative trauma and occurs within six months after the employee begins his or her employment shall not…
